COLUMBIANA, Alabama -- The Shelby County Commission
tonight approved a resolution to grant the Alabama Department of Transportation
permission to improve the intersection and stretch of roadway on State Highway
119 around U.S. Highway 280.

The state agency plans to improve the intersection and
provide additional lanes on Highway 119 between Brook Highland Parkway and
Corporate Drive, according to the resolution approved by commissioners at their
meeting in Columbiana.

The project could benefit from federal aid funding, which
requires the state to get county approval to do the work.

There is no timeline stated for the project in the
resolution approved by the commission.